Volunteers Needed for BAT FIELD WORK WANTED: Night People seeking Field Experience with Insectivorous Bats My PhD research involves trapping and light tagging...
Hi folks All the best in 2003! Hoping to see a bit of traffic on this list as people meander back from holidays. Cheers -- Lawrie "Mammals-Aus" owner...
Sitting on my stone patio in the sunshine yesterday chatting to a friend on the phone, I felt a little nibble on my bare toe. It was a small skink, one of...
It's really too small in the frame for my feeble eyes! I think another possibility to consider is Southern or Cool-temperate Water Skink (Eulamprus tympanum)....
Lawrie Conole
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Jan 6, 2003 4:39 am
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Hi everyone, to introduce myself , having just subscribed, I am interested in Natural History generally, and have spent 57 years of my life fossicking round in...
Happy New Year to you All, About a week ago I saw an unusual behaviour involving a Striped Possum Dactylopsila trivirgata. This was an adult which deserved its...
Alan Gillanders
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Jan 7, 2003 9:20 am
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... Hi Duncan Chris Timewell is probably much more up to date on this than me, but I had a look at the Atlas of Vic Wildlife database (with records up to ...
Lawrie Conole
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Jan 7, 2003 11:49 pm
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I thought it was time I joined in on the introductions. My name is Craig Doolan and have an interest in birds, mammals and reptiles for over 10 years, during...
Craig Doolan
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Jan 8, 2003 12:05 am
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Thanks for that info Lawrie, confirms what I suspected. I will forward details of that sighting to the Atlas. Duncan....
Hello all, have taken the liberty of adding a photo of yours truly when the beard was a bit blacker, with a baby echidna, not far below the summit of Mount...
I am certainly no expert on the Brush-tailed Phascogale, being able to count the number of times that I've actually seen the species on one hand. Most of what...
Chris Timewell
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Jan 8, 2003 10:13 pm
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Hi All, 120+ GCG are currently on Lake Barrine on the beautiful Atherton Tableland. Yesterday while checking out another possible Golden Bowerbird site I got...
Alan Gillanders
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Jan 9, 2003 1:16 am
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Laurie, I have cropped this photo to reduce the number of Bytes. I expect you can enlarge it on your screen. I got my forefinger bitten in the process of...
This is my first message to mammal-aus and I this is my first RFI. Would anybody know of good places to see Rufous Bettongs in NSW? Edwin...
Edwin Vella
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Jan 9, 2003 7:15 am
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I watch with interest the bushfires burning across Victoria. Although started naturally (by lightning), I am still somewhat distressed to see that the...
Chris Timewell
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Jan 9, 2003 10:46 pm
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... expect ... the process ... Ok - it IS a Pseudemoia type skink (syn Leiolopisma) - and maybe metallica??? It's a while since I've seen one ... L....
... of these habitats for their mammalian fauna to persist. I share Chris' concern in this area, and also for the huge areas of Big Desert and nearby SA mallee...
One other point not mentioned by Chris is the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) policy on having a mineral earth break around all fires, in...
Aaron Organ
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Jan 9, 2003 11:51 pm
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Thought this might be of interest (it was sent to the Canberra bird group) JOn ... From: David Rosalky To: Bird List Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 9:25 PM ...
Jon Hall
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Jan 12, 2003 8:57 pm
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I met up with Maria Adams on Saturday night, who sent a call for volunteers to this email list (I think - or maybe it was just the Aus Bat Soc?) earlier this ...
Jon Hall
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Jan 13, 2003 2:42 am
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Hi Mammal-Aus-ers I hope 2003 is treating you well. The Mammals-Aus list now has 61 subscribers - proving that there is at least some interest out there in...
Six Gray's Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon grayi) beached themselves in Geographe Bay near Busselton in south west WA this morning (Tuesday 14th January). Initially...
Frank O'Connor
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Jan 14, 2003 9:18 am
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Hi Lawrie and a happy new year to you ... I'm getting the postings, many thanks but how do I get a profile? It seems Ozemail blocked whatever Yahoo sent to me ...
menorris@...
Jan 14, 2003 11:39 am
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... Hi Mike New Year greetings to you too! I can't recall exactly how I got myself a Yahoo profile now - it was a while ago! However, I think if you go to the...
Lawrie Conole
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Jan 14, 2003 10:31 pm
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Thanks Lawrie I have now managed to access the archive etc. by getting a profile. I'm not sure how I did it as it Yahoo had been registered already as a...
Hi all, Apologies for cross postings. An update on cetacean sightings on Macquarie Island since the 14th December. Martin Schultz has had a better run than I...
Rohan Clarke
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Jan 19, 2003 8:35 am
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Things have been very quiet on Mammals-Aus lately so I thought someone might have time to answer some questions for me. My main question is; How does one go...
I have just spent three days (two nights) at Dryandra State Forest near Narrogin in the south west of WA. The following is the mammal list : Short-beaked...